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100
What two countries were fighting over Bosnia?
Austria-Hungary and Serbia
100
Describe the location of the Western Front
Border between France and Germany
100
When the US joined the war, what was passed requiring men to enlist in the army?
Conscription law.
100
When a country dedicates all resources towards a military conflict.
Total War.
100
What is the date celebrated as the end of WWI?
November 11th, 1918.
200
Who was assassinated in Sarajevo?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
200
Germany fought on two fronts. Who was their enemy on the Eastern Front?
Russia
200
How did women participate in the war effort?
Nurses, phone operators, ambulance drivers, industrial workers, etc.
200
Stalemate
Neither side can win.
200
Name two reasons the US entered WWI.
The sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman Telegram.
300
Name the three countries that belonged to the Entente
France, Great Britain, Russia
300
This southern European country joined the Entente in 1915.
Italy.
300
Name two new developments used during WWI?
Poison gas, airplanes, tanks, machine guns, etc.
300
Money a country is forced to pay for war damages.
Reparations.
300
What year did Russia pull out of the war? Why?
1917. Revolution.
400
What 3 countries belonged to the Triple Alliance? Which one switched sides after the war began?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy. Italy changed sides.
400
Name the body of water along the southern coast of Europe.
Mediterranean Sea.
400
How did governments influence society's opinion about the war?
Propaganda, exagerating victories.
400
Cease fire which represented the end of fighting in WWI.
Armistice
400
Approximately how many military deaths and casualties ocurred in WWI?
15 million killed 20 million wounded
500
Who assassinated the Archduke?
Gavrilo Princip.
500
Name the port controlled by the Ottomans that allowed access to Russia.
Gallipoli
500
Why did trench warfare lead to stalemate?
Because it was positional fire.
500
President Wilson's plan for peace.
14 Points.
500
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
A plan designed by Germany to avoid war on two fronts, by attacking France through Belgium.